I purchased my 77-805 from Maplin back in 91 , I used it in the south of France , I was living in the foothills of the pyrenees . The location is around 1100 meters above sea level , I received Scotland breakers & UK breakers , I was most surprised , I also had a copy from a station that was in the middle of a banana plantation in Cyprus , it was a great CB , I can't remember what happened to it ? as this was 30 years ago . I have the Midland Alan - 42 now , I would imagine that their very similar , I've even purchased a similar telescopic aerial for the Midland Alan - 42 . I remember receiving the UK using the telescopic aerial on the 77-805 , regarding Cyprus I just used the equivalent of the Sigma Excaliber mounted on the roof of the house, it wasn't anything special . The Midland 77-805 brings back good memories .

"DISTRIBUTED BY KERNOW", they were in Bristol. I know, because I used to drive past their place everyday in Mina Road, St Werburghs

Very informative, i have one in my radio collection just for the nostalgia.

I got one of these dated 1988 complete (radio, speaker-mic, antenna, case & shoulder-strap and a full set of batteries) for £50 on Ebay !!

I had one of these as a teenager, It took me ages to find the model number again, no idea what happened to mine, I need to get a new one :)

I have the us version thats made in 1985. Mine takes c batteries. If I can't find an antenna for it, I'll probably sell it

Needs 13.8vdc to run at anywhere near 4w, and always always have the ariel fully extended when you Tx.

Great video buddy & thanks for the shoutout..

Makes me feel very old 😢 “Vintage”? … I remember when it was new and futuristic! 😂 I really wanted one, and all the older breakers assured me it was “modern crap” and warned me off of it (the only Midlands anyone saw back then were the 2001/3001/4001 etc. which were from a different era…lovely radios though) I’m glad I ignored them and bought it anyway, I absolutely loved it, but I suppose they were coming from a position of it being too much money, I think I paid something like £120? When in those days that was Superstar 360 money. Most bought used rights for no more than £35, if you bought a Handheld, you bought a Harvard 410T for £30 😂

Another great video Michael

And not an Apple in sight! What a relief! Good little radio!

I've got one of these but the microphone needs soldering but I'm hopeless at that so I had another microphone that works with an extention speaker but when I use batteries they last 10 minutes it must be because of the extention speaker. I only paid £10 for the cb

Hi what size dummy batteries does the porta pack take I got two aa size dummy batteries and they won’t fit

Nice review of the D version and a very clean example of a great little radio. The D was the later incarnation and is different internally for receive purposes (some say not as good as earlier versions) but to be honest I didn’t notice much difference. The earlier version has a channel 9 graphic by the channel selector. I love these little sets (i still own one almost mint) and they work really well especially if you like using outside.

I’ve just bought one on eBay

Hello. I have the US version. I need the microphone model number. If anyone can get me that number it would help me with my search. Thanks

I managed to get one of these for only £10 of a friend but the only fault is the microphone needs soldering but I can't solder and I managed to get a substitute microphone for £9 of ebay but I had to put an extension speaker in the back as the original has microphone has the audio coming through it .but the batteries don't last long because of that .and I was wondering could I change the airial to a smaller one

Great video, and I have a question to ask. I have one of these in its box which I used on the odd occasion in the mid 80’s. Everything is still in perfect condition with all parts present. I have not used it since but am at some point, driving across Europe to pick up a couple of Ukrainians (and their Labrador) to bring back to the UK and wondered whether, as it’s older technology, it’s worth taking (No SSB or DSB). I am a licensed Radio Ham but have had nothing to do with the CB scene for 37 years so unsure which gear, amateur radio or Portapak, would be practical.

Mike. Any idea the charger specs to fit the battery pack?

I'm jealous 😃🤗

Sadly thay did not make one this for U.S. market 😟

i have one of these rigs

do you want to sale the midland portapak and if you do how much do u want for it thanks wayne

Can i just pit in 10 alkali batteries instead of 2 of them being dummy battles. I have No dummy batteries to put in ??